Abuse of Notation - Abuse of Language or Notation?

Abuse of Language or Notation?

The terms "abuse of language" and "abuse of notation" depend on context. Writing "f: AB" for a partial function from A to B is almost always an abuse of notation, but not in a category theoretic context, where f can be seen as a morphism in the category of partial functions.

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